This simple lemonade marries the wonderfully complementary flavors of fresh ginger and sweet honey. Ingredients 2 cups water 1 cup honey 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger 2 cups club soda, cold 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice Method: In a small saucepan, combine the water, honey and ginger. Bring to a boil, then remove from […]

RANGELEY – Rangeley Friends of the Arts will hold auditions for the musical “Into the Woods” from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Rangeley Lakes Region School.“Into the Woods” combines the well-known fairy tales of “Cinderella,” “Rapunzel,” “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “Little Red Riding Hood” with the story of the Baker and […]

FARMINGTON – It’s been a year of firsts for the Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers and that will continue Friday, May 16, when the improv comedy troupe gives its first performance in Alumni Theater on the University of Maine at Farmington.At a Curtain Raisers show, the possibilities are endless. Building on suggestions from the audience, no […]

LEWISTON – Tickets are still available for the Bob Dylan concert Saturday, May 17, at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. The legendary songwriter, musician and performer, who sold more than 90 million albums in a career spanning five decades, remains one of the world’s top touring artists, performing more than 100 concerts yearly around the globe.The […]

AUBURN – The Auburn Middle School Theater will present William Shakespeare’s timeless classic “Romeo and Juliet” Thursday through Saturday, May 15-17.Under the direction of Liz Rollins, music and theater teacher at AMS, the students have been working with a somewhat shortened script, but in the Bard’s original language. The sense plot and poetry remain intact […]

WILMORE, Ky. – Once Francis Asbury’s foot touched ground in America in 1771, the young country was never the same – nor was the area surrounding Lewiston, Maine.In a new historical novel, “Midnight Rider for the Morningstar,” former Lewiston Sun city editor Mark Alan Leslie weaves the story of Asbury, a preacher who became more […]

LEWISTON – Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for this summer’s end-of-season production of “Footloose,” one of the most explosive musicals in recent memory. Auditions are set for 6 p.m. Sunday, May 18, and Tuesday, May 20, at the Lewiston Middle School Auditorium on Central Avenue.In this lively adolescent-oriented musical, a city kid attempts to […]

• LISBON FALLS – All the schools in town that have been closed due to scarlet fever will be reopened Monday. There seems to be no further spread of the disease and it is thought by the school officials and the board of health that, as every other affair of a social nature is allowed […]

Local band Sparks the Rescue will perform Saturday, May 24, as part of Rave ‘n Rage 2008 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. The band with ties to Poland will play in place of Radiation Year, which had a scheduling conflict. Sparks the Rescue just finished recording its first full-length album with Jon Wyman […]

• There was an unusually large number of intoxicated men on the street Saturday evening and some of them appeared greatly interested in the Congressional contest. It was alleged that “wet goods” were being passed out freely Saturday night (for political purposes) and that it was not all gone Sunday. Sunday afternoon a quartet of […]